[CLUE-Tech] RFA X4.01 fatal server: cannot find font 'fixed'

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My XF86Config file contains:

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
    FontPath   "unix/:-1"

Try replacing your config file with these lines.

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B O'Fallon wrote:
> 
> Jim Ockers wrote:
> 
> > > I have X 4.01 under KRUD on my system, and it was running fine Friday.
> > > Today, when trying to "startx", it would not run, giving the error
> >
> > >      Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > Make sure the xfs X font server is running.  If the XF86Config file lists
> > the fontpath as unix/:-1 then the X server wants to talk to the X font
> > server for fonts.
> >
> 
> It was and is. The font path, as from the XF86Config-4 file was:
> 
>     FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
>     FontPath   "unix/:7100"
> 
> > On the other hand, if the XF86Config file lists a bunch of subdirectories as
> > the font page, make sure that those directories exist and are populated with
> > fonts.
> 
> There were multiple directories under the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: TrueType,
> 100dpi, 75dpi, etc. and they were filled with "wonderous things" as the man
> who opened the Tomb of Tutankamen said.
> 
> I finally fixed it by removing all the /etc/X11R6/XF86Config files and
> rerunning XF86Config. After that it worked fine.
> 
> But this is the second time that I have had this problem with X under KRUD, so
> I wonder what may be going on that it works one minute and not the next?
> 
> Thanx for your help.
> 
> BOF
> 
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